Clock Management Data Analysis for Satellite Communications

Rachel Gross, Raimond Melkers

Abstract:	The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has installed GPS-based timing systems in several Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS-III) satellite communication facilities to support the Single Channel Transponder (SCT) program. The goal of these systems was to manage the satellite crystal oscillators to 25 microsecond accuracy and ground cesium clocks to 5 microsecond accuracy. A Windows-compatible computer program was written to facilitate the clock management of these oscillators. This paper will describe these systems, as well as give detailed data analysis of the time management for the satellite oscillators.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting August 29 - 31, 2005 Vancouver, Canada
Pages:	404 - 410
Cite this article:	Gross, Rachel, Melkers, Raimond, "Clock Management Data Analysis for Satellite Communications," Proceedings of the 37th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, August 2005, pp. 404-410.
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